Example sentences of "[conj] in a few [noun] the " in BNC.
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1 | This may take the form of requirements for reports , returns and information or the holding of enquiries , or in a few cases the issuing of directions , e.g. by the Secretary of State for Education to a local education authority . |
2 | In Crohn 's disease the frequency of IgG anti-α antigen and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies did not differ statistically from the control group , although in a few instances the antibody levels were surprisingly high . |
3 | Again , it was the darkest ones that survived best , with the result that in a few generations the peppered moths living near the big industrial cities were nearly all black . |
4 | In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work . |
5 | Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child . |
6 | Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive . |
7 | The plant-eaters grew bulkier and heavier as a kind of protection , and in a few instances the flesh-eaters also grew commensurately bigger . |
8 | It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working . |
9 | Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away . |
10 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |
11 | Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it . |
12 | Bad today , the situation will get worse when in a few years the number of potential recruits begins to decline . |